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STEWART  KIDD 

MODERN  PLAYS 

EDITED  BY 

FRANK  SHAY 


TWO 

SLATTERNS 

AND  A 

KING 


BY 


EDNA  ST.  VINCENT 
MILLAY 


STEWART  KIDD 

MODERN  PLAYS 

EDITED  BY 
FRANK  SHAY 


Stewart  Kidd  Dramatic  Anthologies 

Fifty  Contemporary  One-Act  Plays 

Edited  by 
FRANK  SHAY  and  PIERRE  LOVING 

THIS  volume  contains  FIFTY  REPRESENTATIVE  ONE-ACT  PLAYS 
of  the  MODERN  THEATER,  chosen  from  the  dramatic  works  ot  con 
temporary  writers  all  over  the  world  and  is  the  second  volume  >n  the 
Stewart  Kidd  Dramatic  Anthologies,  the  first  being  European  Theories  of  the 
Drama,  by  Barrett  H.  Clark,  which  has  been  so  enthusiastically  received. 

The  editors  have  scrupulously  sifted  countless  plays  and  have  selected  the 
best  available  in  English.  One-half  the  plays  have  never  before  been  pub 
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The  work  satisfies  a  long-felt  want  for  a  handy  collection  of  the  choicest 
plays  produced  by  the  art  theaters  all  over  the  world.  It  is  a  complete  .'eper- 
tory  for  a  little  theater,  a  volume  for  the  study  of  the  modern  drama,  a  rep 
resentative  collection  of  the  world's  best  short  plays. 

CONTENTS 


AUSTRIA 

Schnitzler    (Arthur) — Literature 
BELGIUM 

Maeterlinck    (Maurice) — The    Intruder 
BOLIVIA 

More   (Federico) — Interlude 
DENMARK 

Wied   (Gustave) — Autumn  Fires 
FRANCE 

Ancey  (George) — M.  Lamblin 

Porto-Riche  (Georges)  —  Francoise's  Luck 
GERMANY 

Ettinger  (Karl) — Altruism 

von  Hof  mannst  hal  (Hugo) — Madonna  Dia- 
nora 

Wedekind  (Frank)— The  Tenor 
GREAT    BRITAIN 

Bennett    (Arnold)— A   Good   Woman 

Calderon  (George  — The  Little  Stone  House 

Cannan   (Gilbert) — Mary's  Wedding 

Dowson  (Ernest) — The  Pierrot  of  the  Min 
ute. 

Ellis    (Mrs.    Havelock)— The    Subjection 
of  Kezia 

Hankin  (St.  John)— The  Constant  Lover 
INDIA 

Mukerji  (Dhan  Gopal) — The  Judgment  of 

Indra 
IRELAND 

Gregory    (Lady)— The   Workhouse   Ward 
HOLLAND 

Speenhoff  (J.  H.) — Louise 
HUNGARY 

Biro    (Lajos) — The   Grandmother 
ITALY 

Giocosa  (Giuseppe) — The  Rights  of  the  Soul 
RUSSIA 

Andreyev,  (Leonid) — Love  of  One's  Neigh 
bor 

Tchekoff -(Anton)— The  Boor 


SPAIN 

Benevente    (Jacinto) — His  Widow's   Hus 
band 
Quinteros  (Serafina  and  Joaquin  Aiverez) 

— A  Sunny  Morning 
SWEDEN 

Strindberg  (August) — The  Creditor 
UNITED  STATES 

Beach  (Lewis) — Brothers 
Cowan  (Sada) — In  the  Morgue 
Crocker  (Bosworth) — The  Baby  Carriage 
Cronyn  (George  W.)— A  Death  in  Fever 

Flat 
Davies   (Mary  Carolyn) — The  Sla\e  with 

Two  Faces 

Day  (Frederick  L.) — The  Slump 
Planner    (Hildegard) — Mansions 
Glaspell    (Susan) — Trifles 
Gerstenberg    (Alice) — The  Pot  Boiler 
Helburn  (Theresa) — Enter  the  Hero 
Hudson    (Holland)— The  Shepherd  in  the 

Distance 

Kemp    (Harry) — Boccaccio's  Untoll  Tale 
Langner    (Lawrence) — Another   Way  Out 
MacMillan    (Mary) — The  Shadowed   Star 
Millay  (Edna  St.  Vincent) — Aria  di  Capo 
Moeller    (Philip)— Helena's   Husband 
O'Neill   (Eugene)— He 
Stevens    (Thomas    Wood) — The    Nursery 

Maid  of  Heaven 
Stevens  (Wallace)— Three  Travelers  Watch 

a  Sunrise 

Tompkins  (Frank  G.) — Sham 
Walker  (Stuart) — The  Medicine  Shew 
Wellman  (Rita)— For  All  Time 
Wilde  (Percival)— The  Finger  of  Od 
YIDDISH 

Ash  (Sholom)— Night 
Pinski  (David) — Forgotten  Souls 


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SHAM,  a  Social  Satire  in  One  Act.     By  Frank  G.  Tompkins. 

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HEARTS  TO  MEND,  a  Fantasy  in  One  Act. 

By  H.  A.  Overstreet. 

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SIX  WHO  PASS  WHILE  THE  LENTILS  BOIL. 

By  Stuart  Walker. 

Originally  produced  by  the  Portmanteau  Players  at  Christodora 

House,  New  York  City. 

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TWO  SLATTERNS  AND  A  KING 

PERSONS 
THE  KING 
CHANCE  the  VICE 
TIDY  the  false  SLATTERN 
SLUT  the  true  SLATTERN 


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THE 

PROLOGUE 

AND   THE 

EPILOGUE 

SPOKEN 
BY 

CHANCE 


Two  SLATTERNS  AND  A  KING 

PROLOGUE 

I  am  that  cunning  infidel 

By  men  called  CHANCE, — you  know  me  well. 

It  is  through  me  you  met  your  wives; 

Through  me  your  harvest  blights  or  thrives; 

And  one  and  all,  through  me,  to-day 

Hither  you  came  to  see  the  play, 

Which  if  your  favor  still  you  lend, 

As  now,  so  on  until  the  end, 

You  shall  be  taught  what  way  a  King 

Though  a  sublime  and  awful  thing 

And  even  wise,  may  come  to  be 

A  laughing-stock, — and  all  through  me ! 

(Exit) 

(ENTER  KING) 
KING 

I  am  the  King  of  all  this  land: 
I  hold  a  sceptre  in  my  hand;      • 
Upon  my  head  I  wear  a  crown; 
Everybody  stands  when  I  sit  down.     (Sits) 

CHANCE  (Appearing  to  audience;  he  is  invisible 
throughout  the  play  to  the  other  players  in  it.) 
Excepting  me, — please  bear  in  mind 
I  sit  whenever  I  feel  inclined.     (Sits) 

KING 

Although  my  lands  are  wide  and  long, 
My  walls  right  thick,  my  armies  strong, 
I  am  not  wholly  satisfied. 

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CHANCE 

That  is  because  you  have  no  bride. 

KING 

Who  speaks? — Come  forth  and,  if  you  dare, 
Say  once  again  what  causes  my  care! 
Why  I  am  discontent  with  life ! 

CHANCE 

It  is  because  you  have  no  wife. 
KING 

A  woman  in  my  royal  house ! 

A  woman!     A  wife!     A  bride!     A  spouse! 

Bold  stranger,  this  is  not  the  cure, 

For  a  woman  I  could  never  endure ! 

CHANCE 

Per-CHANCE  to-morrow  you  will  find 
You  have  altered  your  imperial  mind. 
(Exeunt  KING  and  CHANCE  severally) 

(ENTER  TIDY) 
TIDY 

I  am  TIDY,  I  have  been 
All  my  life  both  neat  and  clean. 
From  my  outside  to  my  in 
Clean  am  I  unto  my  skin. 
Every  day  into  a  bucket 
My  hands  I  dip,  my  head  I  duck  it; 
And  if  the  water  plenty  be 
I  sometimes  wet  some  more  of  me. 
This  is  my  kitchen,  where  you  will  find 
All  things  pleasant  and  to  your  mind; 
Against  the  wall  in  orderly  pairs — 
One,  two, — one,  two, — observe  my  chairs. 
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In  the  middle  of  the  room  my  table  stands : 
I  would  not  move  it  for  many  lands. 
My  basins  and  bowls  are  all  in  their  places; 
The  bottoms  of  my  pots  are  as  clean  as  your 

faces. 

My  kettle  boils  so  cheerily, 
It  is  like  a  friendly  voice  to  me ; 
About  my  work  I  merrily  sing, 
And  I  brush  my  hearth  with  a  white  duck's  wing. 
Oh,    full   is    every   cupboard,    sharp    is    every 

knife  !— 
My  bright,  sunny  kitchen  is  the  pride  of  my  life ! 

(Exit  TIDY) 


(ENTER  SLUT) 
SLUT 

I  am  SLUT;  I  am  a  slattern, 

You  must  not  take  me  for  your  pattern. 

I  spend  my  days  in  slovenly  ease ; 

I  sleep  when  I  like  and  I  wake  when  I  please. 

My  manners,  they  are  indolent; 

In  clutter  and  filth  I  am  quite  content. 

Here  is  my  kitchen,  where  I  stir  up  my  messes, 

And  wear  out  my  old  shoes  and  soiled  silk 

dresses. 

My  table  sags  beneath  the  weight 
Of  stale  food  and  unwashed  plate ; 
The  cat  has  tipped  the  pitcher  o'er, — 
The  greasy  stream  drips  onto  the  floor; 
Under  the  table  is  a  broken  cup — 
I  am  too  tired  to  pick  it  up. 

(Exit  SLUT) 
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(ENTER  KING) 
KING 

Now  I  will  no  longer  tarry 

For  I  think  that  I  will  marry. 

Now  the  one  thing  in  my  lire 

Is  to  marry  me  a  wife. 

But  I  will  not  be  content 

With  a  wench  that's  indolent, 

Or  take  a  slattern  for  a  spouse, — 

I  will  go  from  house  to  house, 

Unheralded — that  there  may  be 

No  cleaning  up  because  of  me — 

And  that  maid  whose  kitchen's  neatest 

Will  I  have  to  be  my  sweetest. 

(Exit  KING) 
(CHANCE  APPEARS) 

CHANCE 

That  I  am  absent  do  not  fear 

For  that  you  have  not  seen  me  here, 

For  know,  I  oft  invisibly 

Do  move  among  the  things  you  see; 

And  to  confuse  and  thwart  the  King 

Through  Slut  and  Tidy,  is  a' thing 

Dear  to  my  nature, — therefore  heed, 

And  you  shall  see  a  show  indeed ! 

(Exit  CHANCE) 
(Enter  TIDY  in  great  disorder) 

TIDY 

Oh,  dear,  oh,  dear,  what  shall  I  do? 
Oh,  such  a  plight  I  never  knew ! 
Though  I  arose  as  is  my  way 
An  hour  before  the  break  of  day, 
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Here  it  is  noon,  and  nothing  done ; 

The  milk  has  soured  in  the  sun, 

And  the  sweet,  pretty  duck  I  broiled 

A  neighbor's  dog  has  dragged  and  spoiled; 

I  beat  him  with  my  hands  and  wept ! 

Straight  through  the  window  then  he  leapt, 

And  through  the  window  after  him, 

With  scratched  face  and  bruised  limb, 

And  on  through  mire  and  briar  and  bog 

Hours  and  hours  1  chased  that  dog, 

Stumbling,  uttering  awful  cries — 

While  into  my  kitchen  swarmed  the  flies ! 

I  came  back  at  half-past  ten ! 

Oh,  what  a  sight  did  greet  me  then ! 

My  fair  white  sheets  I'  hung  so  fine 

Down  in  the  black  muck  under  the  line ! 

And  out  of  the  oven^from  cake,s  'n'  pies  V 

Beautiful  tarts  the  thick  smoke  risin' ! 

I  knelt  down  my  tarts  to  remove, 

And  my  quince  jelly  that  stood  on  the  stove 

Up  did  boil,  and,  as  you  see, 

Boiled  itself  all  over  me  ! — 

All  over  the  floor,  all  over  the  room, — 

Whereat  I  ran  to  fetch  the  broom— 

The  broom !    The  broom — instead  of  the  mop ! 

To  fetch  a  broom  to  wipe  up  slop ! 

And  with  its  handle  smashed  the  clock's  face, 

Getting  glass  all  over  the  place, 

And  knocked  the  dishes  off  the  shelf, 

And  fell  to  my  knees  and  cut  myself, 

And  wept  and  cried  and  when  I  would  rise 

Could  not  see  for  the  tears  in  my  eyes;. 

So  tripped  on  a  chair  and,  to  save  a  fall, 

Caught  at  the  table,  then  flat  did  sprawl, 

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Dragging  the  table  down  with  me, 

And  everything  on  it,  as  well  you  may  see ! 

I  cannot  live  in  such  a  state ! 

But  where  to  begin  is  past  my  pate ! 

(Enter  KING) 

KING 

I  am  the  King  of  all  these  lands: 
Down  upon  your  knees  and  hands. 
Wishing  to  marry  me,  I  have  said 
That  the  tidiest  maiden  I  would  wed 
In  all  my  realm,  wherefore  I  go 
From  kitchen  to  kitchen,  that  I  may  know 
And  judge  for  myself  what  maid  is  worth 
To  sit  at  my  side  in  feasting  and  in  mirth. 
Untidy  Spill-time,  it  is  easy  to  see 
That  my  fair  bride  you  never  will  be. 

TIDY 

Oh,  great  King,  hear  me  when  I  say 
This  has  been  a  most  unusual  day ! 
It  is  by  chance  alone  you  see 
In  such  a  state  my  kitchen  and  me ! 
I  can  set  us  both  to  rights  in  a  minute ! 

KING 

In  vain  !    I  have  set  a  trap  and  caught  you  in  it ! 
Vain,  wench,  your  lies  and  your  pretense ! 
I  see  what  I  see  and  I  hie  me  hence ! 

(Exit  KING) 
(Exit  TIDY,  weeping) 

(ENTER  SLUT) 
SLUT 

Lest  you  know  me  not  in  this  disguise 

I  tell  you  I  am  SLUT,  and  I  tell  you  no  lies. 

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My  face  and  my  hands  are  clean  and  neat; 

Fresh  is  my  frock,  trim  are  my  feet. 

But  I  assure  you  you  are  not  wrong 

To  think  that  so  tidy  I  shall  not  be  for  long. 

And  if  the  story  you  wish  from  me, 

I  will  tell  you  how  this  came  to  be : 

Dull  was  the  day  and  tedious  my  book; 

I  saw  no  pleasure  wherever  I  might  look; 

I  had  done  everything  that  I  knew  how  to  do, 

And  I  could  think  of  nothing  new. 

But  at  last  I  thought  of  one 

Thing  that  I  had  never  done. 

And  I  said,  "I  will  take  a  broom, 

And  I  will  sweep  this  room! 

I  will  wash  this  floor !" 

I  had  never  washed  it  before — 

"All  things  in  order  will  I  arrange, 

Although  I  hate  order,  for  it  will  be  a  change." 

So  here  I  am,  as  you  can  see — 

I  and  my  kitchen  as  clean  as  can  be. 

But  in  a  room  as  clean  as  this 

My  bones  ache  and  I  find  no  bliss. 

So  watch,  and  soon  it  will  appear 

Much  less  orderly  and  drear. 

(Enter  KING) 

KING 

Down  upon  your  knees  and  hands ! 
I  am  the  King  of  all  these  lands. 
Wishing  to  marry  me,  I  have  said 
That  the  tidiest  maiden  I  would  wed 
In  all  my  realms,  wherefore  I  go 
From  kitchen  to  kitchen  that  I  may 
Yet  stay!    This  kitchen  is  so  tidy, 
I  think  that  you  must  be.  my  bridey ! 

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As  far  and  wide  as  I  have  been 
So  neat  a  kitchen  I  have  not  seen; 
Therefore  I  say  you  are  my  wife, 
For  the  remainder  of  your  life. 

SLUT  (aside) 

To  point  him  out  his  error  at  first  I  intended, 
But  least  said  is  soonest  mended. 

(Exeunt  KING  with  SLUT) 
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(Enter  TIDY) 

TIDY 

Now  once  again  with  me 

All  is  as  it  is  wont  to  be. 

Now  once  again  you  see  me  stand 

The  tidiest  lady  in  the  land. 

If  the  King  should  see  me  now 

He  would  tell  a  different  tale,  I  trow. 

(Enter  KING) 
KING 

Oh,  lovely  lady,  who  are  you, 
That  I  am  a  talking  to  ? 

TIDY 

She  am  I  whom  you  did  scorn 
This  very  day  at  morn. 

KING 

It  may  not  be  as  you  have  said, 
For  you  would  I  gladly  wed! 

TIDY 

I  thank  you  for  the  favor,  but 
They  tell  me  you  have  married  SLUT! 
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KING 

Oh,  cock's  bones !    And  strike  me  dead ! 
Is  it  a  Slut  that  I  have  wed? 

(Enter  SLUT  dressed  as  at  first) 
SLUT 

So  here  you  dally  whilst  I  sit  at  home ! 
Never  any  more  abroad  shall  you  roam, 
But  sit  at  home  with  me  for  the  rest  of  your  life, 
For  I  am  your  lawful  wedded  wife  ! 

KING 

Oh,  woe  is  me,  what  a  life  will  be  mine ! 
SLUT 

It  is  too  late  now  to  repine : 

Home  with  me  you  come  for  the  rest  of  your 

life, 
For  SLUT  is  your  lawful  wedded  wife ! 

(Exit  SLUT  with  KING) 

TIDY 

A  slattern  is  a  fearful  sight, — ah,  me ! 
What  pleasure  it  gives  so  tidy  to  be ! 

(Exit  TIDY) 

EPILOGUE 

Now  that  the  play  is  at  an  end, 
By  CHANCE  you  have  enjoyed  it,  friend; 
By  CHANCE  to  you  his  sweet  was  gall; 
By  CHANCE  you  slumbered  through  it  all. 
Howe'er  it  be,  it  was  by  CHANCE 
The  KING  was  led  so  merry  a  dance, 
By  CHANCE  that  TIDY  met  disgrace, 
By  CHANCE  alone  SLUT  washed  her  face; 


TWO  SLATTERNS  AND  A  KING 

From  morn  to  eve  the  whole  day  long 

It  was  by  CHANCE  that  things  went  wrong. 

Wherefore,  good  friends,  t'  escape  derision, 

Be  not  o'er  hasty  in  your  decision, 

For  he  who  heedeth  not  this  rule 

BY  CHANCE  HE  WILL  BE  CALLED  A  FOOL! 


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Arthur  Strindburg,  Translated  by  Velma  Swanston  Howard  2.50 
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Sham '. Frank  G.  Tompkins  .50 

Six  Who  Pass  While  the  Lentils  Boil Stuart  Walker  .50 

The  Emperor  Jones Eugene  O'Neill  .50 

Sweet  and  Twenty Floyd  Dell  .50 

Two  Slatterns  and  a  King Edna  St.  Vincent  Millay  .50 


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Jonathan  Makes  a  Wish 

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Edited  by  GEORGE  CRAM  COOK  and  FRANK  SHAA. 
With  a  foreword  by  HUTCH  IN  HAPGOOD 

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"STRING  OF  THE  SAMISEN",  Rita  Wellman. 

"NOT  SMART",  Wilbur  D.  Steele. 

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